Vegetable Pulao Recipe | How to Make Veg Pulao

This veg pulao recipe is quite easy to make. It is a regular at my place when we are in the mood for something that is tasty yet does not take too much time to cook. You can easily make this veg pulao with raita or a curry that you like. Sometimes I only make it as peas pulao especially in winter when fresh green peas are in season. At other times, I use mixed vegetables like cauliflower, peas, carrot, broccoli, potato, beans etc. depending upon availability. You can also pack this veg pulao in your lunchbox as it stays tasty even at room temperature.

Veg Pulao Recipe | How to make vegetable pulao

This veg pulao recipe is a delicious one-pot meal that you will love to have as weekend dinner. Serve it with yoghurt raita and boiled eggs.

Course
One pot meal, Rice Dish

Cuisine
Indian

Keyword
veg pulao recipe, vegetable pulao recipe

recipe
veg pulao

Prep Time10minutes

Cook Time30minutes

Total Time40minutes

Servings6people

Calories285kcal

AuthorRachna Parmar

Ingredients

2cupsbasmati rice cleaned and soaked for half an hour

1tbsp.clarified butteror ghee

1tbsp.ginger-garlic paste

2-3green chillies slit into halves

1cupvegetables chopped

1onion finely sliced optional

salt to taste

whole spices

1tsp.cumin seeds

10-12black peppercorns

3green cardamom

1mace piece

1cardamom 1-inch

1black cardamom

6-8cloves

1bay leaf

1tbsp.lemon juice

3cupswater

Garnish

1tbsp.cilantro chopped

Instructions

Wash basmati rice and soak for half an hour. Drain and keep aside.

Heat ghee/clarified butter in a pan or rice cooker. Add cumin seeds and allow to sputter.

Now add in all the whole spices and saute on low heat for a couple of minutes.

Tip in the chopped onion (optional), ginger-garlic paste and green chillies and fry for about 3 minutes.

Now add the chopped vegetables and fry for a couple of minutes. Add the drained rice along with salt and 3 cups of water. In case your veggies were pre-boiled you could add them now instead of sauteeing them earlier.

Add 1 tbsp. lemon juice and cover and cook.

Mix well, cover and cook till the water is absorbed by the rice and everything is cooked.

2 comments

The perfect dish for my toddler who would eat anything but rice. I keep trying for some healthy variety so that he thinks he’s eating pulao and not rice. So, this time veg pulao makes it to the weekend special dish.